Time to Heal

By Amara, aged 13 from St Christopher's School

Time to Heal

The theme for my art piece is healing. It is almost inevitable that everyone of us will go through hardships in our life that then requires a custom amount of time to heal from.

We often find it very hard to let go of the thing or person who hurts us and this can make us feel extremely vulnerable.

The warmed toned figure (represented using red, orange, and yellow colours) symbolises the someone or something that caused his hurt. The warm tones also give off a deeper meaning that is sometimes, whatever or whoever hurt us can still feel like a warm and safe place even after all the damage that they have done making it even harder to let go.

The figure is seen clinging onto the cool toned figure to represent the attachment they/it can have and how hard it is to let go of them/it.

The cool toned figure (represented using various shades of Blues and purples) symbolises the person who has been hurt. The cooler colours used to construct this figure represent the mellowness, emptiness and depression that it is often felt from being hurtful stop this figure is seen holding onto the warm toned figure as a means to represent, again, the struggle to let go.

The green ray/ beam of light attached to the cool toned figure symbolises support and religion after being hurt, these two aspects are among the most popular for people to go to.

they both have one thing in common: community. Whether you are a believer/ follower or religion or a higher power or not, support from community is often what can help heal you.

Many reach out to family and friends or others reach out to prayer and their God/Gods.

this green ray symbolises a healthy subconscious urge, strategy and call to heal and release any attachment from the hurt you have been inflicted through means of support, community and for many: religion.